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  • 25 Jun 2008
    Global church team to share creative nonviolence experience in Germany

    Witnesses for creative peacemaking from member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Burundi, Brazil, Greece and the United States will travel to Germany, 27 June - 4 July, to exchange experiences in overcoming violence.

  • 24 Jun 2008
    World churches' bodies call for urgent action on Zimbabwe

    Two international ecumenical Christian bodies have called on the UN, the South African Development Community and the African Union "to increase [their] efforts to address the rapidly deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe".

  • 18 Jun 2008
    Churches in 40 countries take action for Middle East peace

    Churches in 40 countries have come together to hold peace vigils, seminars, concerts, festivals and public gatherings, in support of peace in Palestine and Israel.

  • 18 Jun 2008
    Churches worldwide invited to pray for Zimbabwe

    Churches worldwide are being invited to mark a day of prayer for Zimbabwe on Sunday 22 June, as the beginning of a season of prayer for the people and government of the African country, which is facing a critical time in its history.

  • 12 Jun 2008
    Egypt visit to highlight WCC Middle East focus

    The necessity of peace in the Middle East will be highlighted during a visit to Egypt next week by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia.

  • 10 Jun 2008
    Theological understanding vital for facing the future, churches told

    If the churches are adequately to face the challenges of the C21st century, theological education rooted in a broad encounter with contemporary life is vital, a congress of global educators meeting in Greece has been told.

  • 7 Jun 2008
    Scottish churches unite around plea for Israel-Palestine peace

    Congregations of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) and the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, the country's two largest traditions, are being encouraged to make 8 June a Sunday pledged to peace in Israel and Palestine.

  • 6 Jun 2008
    Need, greed and the global food crisis

    The plea "Give us this day our daily bread" needs to be heard by political leaders meeting in Rome on the global food crisis, says Jean Blaylock, looking at the response of world church representatives.

  • 6 Jun 2008
    Church call for action on greed-driven global food crisis

    With an estimated 850 million people suffering from hunger worldwide, nine out of ten of them in developing countries, "the scandal of hunger demands the immediate attention of the churches", affirms a new statement from the WCC.

  • 15 May 2008
    Churches prepare action for peace in Israel-Palestine

    Churches throughout the world are preparing to respond to six decades of conflict in Israel-Palestine with a week of actions for justice and peace, reports the World Council of Churches, which is helping to coordinate the event.